Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 23

23. Where the voting day for a referendum is the same as that fixed for the
polling at an election-

   (a)  a person appointed to be an Australian Electoral Officer for a
        Territory or a presiding officer, assistant presiding officer,
        substitute presiding officer or poll clerk for the purposes of the
        polling at the election shall be deemed to be an
        Australian Electoral Officer for that Territory or a presiding
        officer, assistant presiding officer, substitute presiding officer or
        poll clerk, as the case may be, for the purposes of the referendum;

   (b)  the same polling booths and ballot-boxes may be used for the purposes
        of both the election and the referendum, but if the same ballot-boxes
        are used, the ballot-papers for the referendum shall be of a different
        colour to the ballot-papers for the election; and

   (c)  the same certified lists of voters may be used for the purposes of
        both the election and the referendum.